Property of being affixed; attachment; connection.
aforetime
aforetime
adj
(archaic) Former.
adv
(archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
aftercome
aftercome
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
afterfame
afterform
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
afterharm
aftermark
aftermass
aftermast
aftermast
noun
(nautical) A mast located towards the stern of a ship.
aftermath
aftermath
noun
(obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
aftermeal
aftermilk
aftermost
aftermost
adj
(nautical) Nearest the stern of a vessel.
(obsolete) Most recent.
adv
(obsolete) At the very back.
aftertime
aftertime
noun
(music) The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.
A later time; the future.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
amalfitan
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
blatiform
cactiform
cactiform
adj
Resembling a cactus.
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
campcraft
campcraft
noun
Any of the outdoor skills associated with camping expeditions, such as map-reading.
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
camshafts
camshafts
noun
plural of camshaft
celtiform
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
comforter
comforter
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
(dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
costiform
costiform
adj
Having the form of a rib.
cottiform
cottiform
adj
Characteristic of fish of the genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins), especially in morphology.
noun
Such a fish
craftsman
craftsman
noun
A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
defeatism
defeatism
noun
Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
deferment
deferment
noun
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
demystify
demystify
verb
(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
demythify
dentiform
dentiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a tooth.
discomfit
discomfit
adj
(obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.
verb
(archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
(rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
(transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
draftsman
draftsman
noun
US standard spelling of draughtsman.
draftsmen
draftsmen
noun
plural of draftsman
dualmutef
factordom
factotums
factotums
noun
plural of factotum
fairmount
fallotomy
famagusta
fantasmal
fantasmal
adj
Alternative spelling of phantasmal
farcemeat
farcemeat
noun
Alternative form of forcemeat
farmstead
farmstead
noun
A farm, including its buildings.
The main building of a farm.
fastidium
fastidium
noun
(medicine, archaic) repugnance toward food; unwillingness to eat
fastigium
fastigium
noun
(architecture) A pediment or gable end.
(pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.
An apex or summit; culmination.
fatalisms
fatalisms
noun
plural of fatalism
fathogram
fathomage
fathomage
noun
(mining) The amount of money paid to a miner based on fathoms of material worked.
fathoming
fathoming
verb
present participle of fathom
faultsman
fayettism
feltmaker
feltmaker
noun
A manufacturer of felt.
femineity
femineity
noun
The condition of being feminine; femininity
feminists
feminists
noun
plural of feminist
feoffment
feoffment
noun
(law) The grant of a feud or fee.
(law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
(obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
fermatian
fermental
fermental
adj
(obsolete) fermentative
fermented
fermented
adj
Of food or drink, turned sour due to unwanted fermentation.
Produced by fermentation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferment
fermenter
fermenter
noun
A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.
Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
fermentor
fermentor
noun
The vessel in which fermentation takes place
fermentum
fermillet
fermillet
noun
(obsolete) A buckle or clasp.
fermorite
fermorite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.
ferrament
fetichism
fetichism
noun
Archaic form of fetishism.
fetishism
fetishism
noun
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
fetometry
fetometry
noun
The measurement of a fetus, typically by X-ray examination
feulamort
fibromata
fibromata
noun
plural of fibroma
figmental
figmental
adj
Of or relating to a figment.
filaments
filaments
noun
plural of filament
filesmith
filesmith
noun
A maker of files (rasping tools).
filmstrip
filmstrip
noun
(computer graphics) A file containing a sequence of images or video frames.
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
filterman
filterman
noun
A man employed to manage a physical process of filtration.
filtermen
filtermen
noun
plural of filterman
fimbriate
fimbriate
adj
(biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
verb
(transitive) To fringe; to hem.
firestorm
firestorm
noun
(figurative) An intense or violent altercation.
A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
firmament
firmament
noun
(countable) The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
(countable, obsolete) A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
(countable, obsolete) The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
(countable, obsolete, also figuratively) A basis or foundation; a support.
(uncountable, astronomy, historical) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars; (countable, by extension) any celestial sphere.
(uncountable, obsolete except biblical) The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
(usually uncountable, literary, poetic, also figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
firmation
firmitude
firmitude
noun
(obsolete) strength; stability
fishmouth
fishmouth
noun
(colloquial) A chronically open mouth.
(roofing) A half-cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening or void in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused by wrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.
(surgery) A horizontal incision on the breast aligned with the nipples made to drain or excise the breast fat as a form of top surgery.
(surgery) A wide incision made to drain fluid from under the fingernail.
flameouts
flameouts
noun
plural of flameout
flamsteed
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
flebotomy
fleshment
fleshment
noun
(obsolete) The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
flexitime
flexitime
noun
An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
flimsiest
flimsiest
adj
superlative form of flimsy: most flimsy
floatsman
floatsmen
floodtime
floodtime
noun
A time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks.
flowmeter
flowmeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
fluxmeter
focimeter
focimeter
noun
(photography, historical) A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power.
A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
focometer
focometer
noun
Alternative form of focimeter
focometry
foeffment
foetalism
foetalism
noun
Alternative form of fetalism
fogramite
fogramity
folcgemot
folkmoots
folkmoots
noun
plural of folkmoot
folkmoter
folkmotes
folkmotes
noun
plural of folkmote
fomalhaut
fomalhaut
Proper noun
The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.
fomenters
fomenters
noun
plural of fomenter
fomenting
fomenting
verb
present participle of foment
footmaker
footmanry
footmanry
noun
(dated) The realm or sphere of footmen; footmen collectively.
footmarks
footmarks
noun
plural of footmark
forcemeat
forcemeat
noun
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
forcement
forcement
noun
(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
foremasts
foremasts
noun
plural of foremast
foremeant
foremeant
adj
(obsolete) Intended beforehand; premeditated.
foretimed
foretimes
foretimes
noun
plural of foretime
forksmith
formalist
formalist
adj
Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic
noun
An advocate of formalism
An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
formalith
formality
formality
noun
(countable) A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.
(uncountable) The state of being formal.
A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
Something said or done as a matter of form.
formating
formating
noun
Misspelling of formatting.
verb
present participle of formate
formation
formation
noun
(category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
(geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
(military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
(military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
(sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
formatted
formatted
adj
(computing, of a storage medium) That has been physically arranged to be in a state ready for the storage of data
That has been given a definite format
verb
simple past tense and past participle of format
formatter
formatter
noun
One who or that which formats.
formature
formicate
formicate
adj
ant-like
verb
To have a sensation like the movement of ants.
To move like ants.
forminate
formolite
formosity
formulate
formulate
verb
(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
formulist
formulist
noun
One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae.
formylate
formylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce a formyl group into a molecule
forthcame
forthcame
verb
simple past tense of forthcome
forthcome
forthcome
noun
(obsolete) A coming forth.
verb
To come forth.
fotomatic
foulmouth
foulmouth
noun
A foul-mouthed person; one who uses obscene language.
fragments
fragments
noun
plural of fragment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fragment
frametown
fremantle
fremantle
Proper noun
A seaport and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
fremontia
fremontia
noun
Synonym of flannelbush (“any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron”)
freshment
freshment
noun
(obsolete) refreshment
frogmouth
frogmouth
noun
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia